timber

Example Sentences

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The budget would shift the agency’s focus toward domestic timber production and wildfire risk mitigation and response, and away from more recent turns toward conservation and recreation.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The timber and wood products play is having a pedestrian 2026 so far, with a return of 2%.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

The National Trust asked artists, organisations and creative agencies to present ideas for a "nationally important" commission that would help shape the tree's next chapter by using half of its timber.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Water and moisture then became trapped within, rotting the timber, and the damage was so substantial that planned repairs were scrapped due to the cost.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

It is as fundamental a structural change to the way music sounded as was the contemporaneous decision to start using timber frames and bricks in the building of houses.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall